Joyance Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in companies leveraging science and technology to cultivate joy and improve human well-being. The firm focuses on pre-seed to Series A companies across health, consumer, techbio, beauty, food, and sustainability sectors in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Average disclosed round size is $9.4M (across 45 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
47
Fund Size
$20M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
Shunya Tachibana
Investment Partner
Kevin Li
Vice President
Mike Edelhart
Co-Founder Emeritus and Senior Advisor
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
52 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 KilgourMD | Series A | — | Mar 2026 |
 Lucky Energy | Series B | $25M | Nov 2025 |
 Epicore Biosystems | Series B | $32M | May 2025 |
 Millie | Series A | $12M | Jan 2025 |
 Damdam Tokyo | Seed | $3M | Jan 2025 |
 Kyan Health | Series A | $16.7M | Nov 2024 |
 World Class Health | Seed | $8M | Nov 2024 |
 Cellugy | Seed | — | May 2024 |
 Experiment | Seed | $3.3M | Apr 2024 |
 Noctrix | Series C | $40M | Jan 2024 |
 Sunnyside | Series A | $11.5M | Nov 2023 |
 Jude | Seed | — | Sep 2023 |
 Cuzen | Series A | $3.6M | Jun 2023 |
 Cure Hydration | Series A | $5.6M | Apr 2023 |
 Nimble Science | Seed | $2M | Apr 2023 |
 Wave | Seed | $6M | Mar 2023 |
 Luna Daily | Seed | — | Jan 2023 |
| Cure Hydration | Series A | $5.6M | Jan 2023 |
| NNew School Foods | Seed | $12M | Jan 2023 |
 Luna Daily | Unknown | $3.7M | Jan 2023 |
 Bloom Science | Series A | $12M | Dec 2021 |
 Ombre | Seed | $3M | Nov 2021 |
 planted foods | Series A | — | Aug 2021 |
 planted | Series B | $21M | Aug 2021 |
 Zone7 | Series A | $8M | Jul 2021 |
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Top Co-Investors
Social Starts4 shared
Silas Capital4 shared
Alumni Ventures3 shared
Lever VC3 shared
Great Oaks Venture Capital3 shared
Simple Food Ventures3 shared
PivotNorth Capital2 shared
Unilever Ventures2 shared
Leaps by Bayer2 shared
TMV2 shared
Hatch2 shared
Blue Horizon2 shared
Good Startup2 shared
Vorwerk Ventures2 shared
Bek Ventures2 shared
AARP2 shared
Viking Global Investors2 shared
Redrice2 shared
Lerer Hippeau2 shared
Y Combinator2 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026